Electrical Questions - 84 280i US Spec

[280iUSA]

Gentlemen,

Are there replacements for the Voltage Stabilizer and Supressor?

Thanks,

Millard

[phillpot]

Would these do the trick?



Voltage stabilizer

Supressor

Edited by phillpot on Saturday 14th October 18:44

[Penelope Stoppedit]

Hello, you may find it worth your while to do away with that nasty mechanical voltage stabiliser. There are many electronic voltage stabilisers that are a direct replacement for yours and they are much better.
Below are some example Links

Have a pleasant evening

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Semiconductor-Voltage-St...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electronic-instrument-vo...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Semiconductor-Voltage-St...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Instrument-Voltage-Stabi...

Edited by Penelope Stoppedit on Saturday 14th October 21:59

[RCK974X]

If you're not frightened of a bit of soldering, the cheapest way to get a new regulator is to use an LM317 from your local electronics shop.

With a few components, you can make an ADJUSTABLE regulator for much less than 12 quid or equiv. bucks... Look up LM317 in your search engine, they are really easy to wire up. Lucas gauges are 10 volt. The ones you buy will probably be a fixed voltage version of one of these anyway.

Suppressors - not sure if you need one at all today - FM radios are pretty much immune to noise, and DAB radio definitely is, as it's a digital system.
If your FM radio/MP3 crackles there's something else wrong in the supply setup....

[280iUSA]

Thank you both for the information. Greatly appreciated.

Millard

[phillpot]

RCK974X said:

DAB radio definitely is, as it's a digital system.

No DAB in the USA

[RCK974X]

phillpot said:

No DAB in the USA

OK - wasn't sure.... there's no DAB here in NZ either.